Americans' Use of Time, 1965-1966, and Time Use in Economic and Social Accounts, 1975-1976: Merged Data (ICPSR 7796)

Citation

Converse, Philip E., and Juster, F. Thomas. Americans’ Use of Time, 1965-1966, and Time Use in Economic and Social Accounts, 1975-1976: Merged Data. Ann Arbor, MI: Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research [distributor], 1992-02-16. https://doi.org/10.3886/ICPSR07796.v1

Summary

This data collection contains a single concatenated file
that merges common variables for respondents from two separate
surveys, including 1,241 respondents from AMERICAN'S USE OF TIME,
1965-1966 (ICPSR 7254), and 812 respondents from TIME USE IN ECONOMIC
AND SOCIAL ACCOUNTS, 1975-1976 (ICPSR 7580), for a total of 2,053
respondents. The sample was restricted to match the design of the
earlier study, so the merged file includes data for individual
Americans between 19 and 65 years of age living in cities with a
population between 30,000 and 280,000, and in households that had at
least one adult employed in a non-farming occupation. Two general
types of information were gathered in both studies: sociodemographic
background characteristics and time use data for a 24-hour period. The
1965-1966 time use data were obtained from a diary of activities kept
by the respondent over a 24-hour period, and the 1975-1976 data were
collected in face-to-face interviews. In both cases, the
sociodemographic data also were gathered from personal interviews. The
merged file contains sociodemographic background data that includes
age, sex, race, relationship to head of household, occupation, marital
status, number and age of children in household, homeowner/renter
status, residence tenure, number of paid household help, number of
books owned, church/religious preferences, highest level of education
attained, whether raised on a farm, and income level. The time use
data in the merged file chronicles activities such as work outside the
home, household/domestic work, child care, obtaining goods and
services, personal care needs, education and professional training,
organization involvement, entertainment/social activities,
sports/active leisure, and passive leisure.

Citation

Converse, Philip E., and Juster, F. Thomas. Americans’ Use of Time, 1965-1966, and Time Use in Economic and Social Accounts, 1975-1976: Merged Data. Ann Arbor, MI: Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research [distributor], 1992-02-16. https://doi.org/10.3886/ICPSR07796.v1

Data Collection Notes

Sample

In AMERICAN'S USE OF TIME, 1965-1966 (ICPSR 7254), a
national cross-section sample was used, plus a group of approximately
776 respondents from Jackson, Michigan. In TIME USE IN ECONOMIC AND
SOCIAL ACCOUNTS, 1975-1976 (ICPSR 7580), multistage area probability
sampling was used. Respondents living in areas not comparable to the
1965 urban sampling areas were excluded when creating the merged data
collection.

Universe

Adults between 19 and 65 years of age living in cities in
the United States with a population between 30,000 and 280,000, and in
households that had at least one adult employed in a non-farming
occupation.